Ikea standing desk for $489

October 05, 2014

Ikea quietly started stocking motorized sit/stand desks in their North American stores in late September. They’re getting rid of the “Galant” series (found in offices everywhere) and replacing it with the “Bekant”.

Most motorized standing desks sold online cost $800 - $1200 to get to your door. I expect we’ll see prices decrease quite dramatically as more people find out about these desks.

To outfit our new office I had purchased frames for standing desks for $590 each and was planning to buy the tops at Ikea to save on costs. Imagine my surprise when looking at table tops and we saw the new models on the floor:

Granted, these don’t even come close to the affordability of the $22 standing desk. But assuming you had to start from scratch, the Ikea option is extremely compelling.